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Internet Safety. Doug Walker Supervisor of Instruction/Technology Hillsdale Public Schools. The Internet. A global connection of networks. Nobody owns it. Impossible to control it. How do we get there?.
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Internet Safety Doug Walker Supervisor of Instruction/Technology Hillsdale Public Schools
The Internet • A global connection of networks. • Nobody owns it. • Impossible to control it.
20% of children age 10-17 have been solicited sexually online; that's 1 out of every 5 kids
75% of youth who received an online sexual solicitation did not tell a parent.
One third of kids have been contacted by a stranger and half of these were considered inappropriate
81% of parents of online youth say that kids aren't careful enough when giving out information about themselves online
76% of parents don't have rules about what their kids can do on the computer
65% of parents believe that kids do things online that they wouldn't want their parents to know about
Statistics • 4,000,000 children are posting content to the Web everyday • 9 out of 10 parents will never know that any inappropriate contact has occurred • 14% have actually met face to face with a person they have met on the Internet
Statistics • 1 out of 17 kids have been harassed, threatened, or bullied • Nearly three-quarters (73%) of online teens believe that someone their age is most likely to be approached by someone unknown to them online as opposed to offline • When asked how they responded the last time they were contacted online by a complete stranger, just 3% of online teens said they told and adult or authority figure
Statistics • Most kids will not report inappropriate Internet contact to their parents because they are afraid of losing Internet privileges • 61% of 13-17 yr olds have a personal profile on social networking sites • 44% of online teens with profiles like Facebook and Myspace have been contacted by a stranger, compared with 16 percent of those without profiles.
Statistics • 71% have reported receiving messages from someone they do not know • 45% have been asked for personal info from people they do not know • 48% of 16-17 yr olds report that their parents know "very little" or "nothing" about their online activities • MySpace deletes 25,000 profiles weekly of users who don't meet the site's 14-year-old minimum age requirement
http://www.netlingo.com/statistics.cfm http://www.pewinternet.org/pipcomments.asp?m=9&y=2007 http://www.washingtonpost.com http://www.protectkids.org/statistics.htm http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/bulletins/internet_2_2001/internet_2_01_6.html http://www.sentrypc.com/statistics.htm http://www.enough.org/inside.php?tag=statistics http://www.netsmartz.org/safety/statistics.htm http://www.mykidsafeinternet.com/pornography_stats.php http://www.safefamilies.org/sfStats.php http://www.cyberpatrol.com/default.aspx?id=79&mnuid=7.5 http://safetspace.com http://climbtothestars.org Resources for Statistics
Signs that your child might be at-risk online • Your child spends large amounts of time on-line, especially at night . • You find pornography on your child's computer • Your child receives phone calls from men you don't know or is making calls, sometimes long distance, to numbers you don't recognize.
Your child receives mail, gifts, or packages from someone you don't know • Your child turns the computer monitor off or quickly changes the screen on the monitor when you come into the room. • Your child becomes withdrawn from the family.
Your child is using an on-line account belonging to someone else.
What are they? • http://commoncraft.com/video-social-networking
How are they used? • Students = Social reasons Adults=Networking • The tool is not special to a student. It is a means to communicate.
Popular Social Networks • Myspace • Facebook – 93% of college students • Ning • Second Life • You tube • Twitter • Linkedin
Safety Concerns? • Profile • Employers • Archived • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZk49J30zFM&feature=related
Blog Profiles … Can reveal a lot … www.myspace.com
Blog Entries … Can reveal even more! This was a crazy weekend. Violetta smoked up in her bathroom I love my girl.) Crazy albany driving Spending too much money on books Smoking way too much Seeing people die Diareeah Quality time with MY Stephanie Falling in love with a woman (lolz!!!) Buying the coolest camera Shooting everything Donuts in KHOLS parking lot Stealing clothing Thats only what I can remember. In other news I am getting boobs. Well I already have them. Theyre just getting bigger. And I am getting thinner.
Social Networks can be compared to NY City. Full of good and bad. If you look for one you will find it.
Where is it done? • Social Networks – Facebook, My Space, Ning • Aol Instant Messenger • Skype • Twitter • Blogs • Wiki • Video Games
Chat Acronyms and Text Shorthand • 143 - it means I love you • 182 - it means I hate you • 459 - it also means I love you • 420 - it refers to marijuana
Samples • GNOC - Get Naked On Cam (webcam) • GYPO - Get Your Pants Off • KPC - Keeping Parents Clueless • LMIRL - Let's Meet In Real Life • MorF - Male or Female • MOS - Mom Over Shoulder
Samples • P911 - Parent Alert • PAL - Parents Are Listening • PAW - Parents Are Watching • PIR - Parent In Room • POS - Parent Over Shoulder
Chat Acronyms and Text Shorthand • http://www.netlingo.com/emailsh.cfm • http://www.netlingo.com/top50parents.cfm • http://www.netlingo.com/lists.cfm
Chat Rooms • All over the internet • Video games. • It is easy for children to reveal more then they should. • They are cruising grounds for predators.
If a person unknown to you was speaking to your child in the front yard, what would you do?
If your child was communicating with a stranger online, what would you do?
Instant Messaging • IM software allows users to create a detailed personal profile including: name, email address, age, home address, phone number, school and hobbies.
Finding The Evidence • Searching for files on the computer • Finding a History of Websites Visited • Finding Temporary Internet Files
Searching for Files • Click START • Click Find/Search • Click Pictures, Music or Video • You can search by name or leave it blank. Leaving it blank will search for all.
Search By File Extention Graphic/Video Files .bmp .eps .gif .jpg .pct .pcx .tif .wmf .asf .avi .mov .mpg
Using Wildcards • An asterick denotes a “wildcard” which allows you to search a computer for all files with that extension. *.(file extension) Example *.jpg
Finding Temporary Internet Files and History • Open up Internet Explorer • Click Tools • Click Internet Options • Find Browsing History • Click On Settings • Click on View Files